Year 7 Students Recognised in National Trust Competition
Year 7 students Isabelle Flynn and Ava McEwan were selected from over 300 other entrants for major awards at this year’s National Trust Photo and Story Competition.
Ava was awarded the Highly Commended prize in the Year 4-7 category for her imaginative piece The Tree of Memories, while Isabelle took out top honours for her haunting tale Memories of the Past about a nine year old ghost, which won overall First Prize in the competition. The girls were presented with their awards at a ceremony last Thursday, where Ava was given a signed copy of Lighthouse Girl by Dianne Wolper and Isabelle collected her first prize of a digital camera. Newman College was the only school to have more than one finalist in the competition.
As part of the competition, Isabelle and Ava were required to use both their creative writing and photography skills to demonstrate how they valued heritage in their local environment. Isabelle was motivated to write her piece following a walk in a Swan Valley pioneer cemetery in which she found the grave of a nine year old child, who inspired the character of Maxwell Ferguson in her story.
Ava based her story on a special connection between a young girl and the natural word after snapping a beautiful photo of an enormous, ancient tree submerged by a pool of water in Ellenbrook.
The girls’ stories can be read by clicking on the following links: Isabelle Flynn (
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Congratulations to Isabelle and Ava on their awards.
Pictured below from left are Isabelle and Ava looking at ‘Lighthouse Girl’ with Principal Bernie Boss
